Belt



March 11, 1924. 1,486,449

A. P. PANOS BELT Filed Nov. 22 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 A. P. PANOS March11 1 924.

BELT

Filed Nov. 22 1921 2 Sheets- Sheet 2 gwuwrto'c A .W an 0,3.

Patented Mar. 11, 1924.

'tiidt l fi STATES ANDREW PLPANOSS, OF SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA.

BELT.

Application filed'November 22, 1921. Serial No. 517,061.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LVANDREXV P. PANos, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shreveport, in the parish of Caddo and State of Louisiana,have invented a new and useful Belt, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention aims to provide a novel form of belt, adapted to beplaced about the body of the wearer, novel means being carried by thebelt for upholding a pair of pantaloons or any other garment.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that, with in the scope ofwhat is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the inventionshown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a beltconstructed in accordance with the invention; Figure 2 is an elevationdisclosing one of the end members of the belt, parts being broken away;Figure 3 is an elevation showing the other of the end members of thebelt; Figure 4 is an elevation wherein the member shown in Figure '2 isviewed edgewise; Figure 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Figure3; Figure 6 is a plan of the member shown in Figure 2; Figure 7 is anelevation disclosing the auxiliary support; Figure 8 is an elevationshowing one of the main supports or spacers.

In carrying out the invention there is provided an end member 1, shownin detail in Figures 2 and d, and, preferably, made ofmetal, the endmember comprising a tubular body 2 from which wings 3 project, the wingshaving pairs of openings, there being any desired number of theseopenings, depending upon the number of strips which form the bodyencircling member of the belt. The body 1 is provided with outwardlyextended bosses 5 defining seats 6 in the body 2. In the' body 2, keyhole slots 7 are formed, the reduced portions of the key hole slotsextending into the bosses 5, as shown in Figure 4.

The device includesan end member-8, constructed, 1n general, like theend member 1,

and comprising a tubular body 9 and wings 10, the wings having anydesired number of openings 11. Studs 12 project from the body 9 and haveenlarged heads 14. Lateral studs 15 project from the head 9 and p aresupplied with enlarged heads 16.

The body encircling member of the belt is denoted by the numeral 17 andmay be made up of any desired number of strips 18, looped at their ends,as shown at 19, through the openings 11 of the end member 8, and throughthe openings 4 of the end member 1, the ends of the strips 18 beingattached to the main portions of the said strips by securing elements20.

Spacers or supports 21 are distributed around the body encircling member17, the spacers preferably being in the form of plates, as shown inFigure 8, each spacer having openings 22 for the reception of theconstituent strips 18 of the body encircling member 17 the constructionbeing such that the spacers may be shifted circumferentially of thebelt. Each spacer 21 is provided at its upper end with a reduced neck23. A seat 2 1 is formed in the end of the neck 23, the neck terminatingin a hook 25 overhanging the seat 2 1.

An auxiliary support 26 is provided, the same having a seat 27 in itsupper end, and being provided with a hook 28 overhanging the seat.Sinuous key hole slots 29 are fashioned in the auxiliary support 26. Thekey hole slots 29 are adapted to receive the lateral studs 15 on themember 8 and, thus, the auxiliary support 26 may be mounted on themember 8, removably, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. The ends ofthe belt may be united by inserting the studs 12 of the member 8 intothe key hole slots 7 of the member 1, relative movement between themembers 1 and 8, in the direction of their length, being brought about,until the heads 14 of the studs 12 are received in the seats 6. Thus,the ends, of the belt may be united detachably.

The belt is placed about the body of the wearer, and the connectionswhich unite the suspender buttons-with a pair of pantaloons are engagedin the seats 2 1 and 27, beneath the corresponding hooks 25 and 28, thepantaloons thus being sustained upon the body of the wearer without theuse of suspenders. Owing to the particular construction disclosed, asfor instance, at 24'25, the buttons on the trousers will be held inplace securely to the belt and an accidental detach ment will not belikely to take place. As

hereinbefore explained, the spacers or sup-.

ports 21 may be shifted longitudinally of the belt so as to cooperateproperly with the buttons on the pantaloons.

Having thus described the invention, What is'claimed is A beltcomprising end members and means for connecting the end membersreleasably, main supports shiftable longitudi nally of the belt, andextended above the belt, an auxiliary support overlapped on one endmember and extended thereabove, all of the supports being provided attheir upper ends with button-holding elements, and means for connectingthe auxiliary support releasably with said end member.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alfixedmy signature in the presence of two W1tnesses.

ANDREW P. PANOS.

Witnesses:

R. M. SELF, S. VAN O0.

